What does DatumProof offer, and what comes back?
DatumProof designs automation equipment, and builds the platform it designs on. The platform is the product: the DatumProof equipment design platform, for the design teams of equipment makers.
What the platform changes
An equipment project writes the same facts again and again — into the I/O list, the BOM, the wiring, the interlocks, the start-up procedure — and the disagreements between those copies surface on site. The platform keeps the design of the machine in one place and produces all of it from there.
| What changes for the design team | What they get |
|---|---|
| Control design stops waiting for mechanical assembly | I/O list, BOM, communication map and power distribution table, ready for electrical CAD |
| Safety rules stay with the company, not with one engineer | State interlock tables and a cause-and-effect matrix the whole team can review |
| Start-up goes faster and safer | Power-up checklist, I/O checkout sheet and interlock test scenarios |
| Risk review starts from a draft, not a blank sheet | An FMEA draft for engineers to review and complete |
| Site problems are found before power-on | Problems in the control sequence, each with the steps that lead to it |
It does not replace electrical CAD or the way programs are written; it feeds them. It does not replace testing on the real machine, or safety circuits — emergency stop, safety doors and hard limits stay with hardwired circuits or a safety PLC.
Equipment design
DatumProof designs automation equipment itself — machines that automate a step of a manufacturing process still done by hand. Every machine it designs is designed on the platform, so drawings, wiring and start-up procedure agree from the start, and the documents stay with the customer. A manufacturer with a step to automate can discuss the design, and the building and delivery of the machine, with the company.
How it is taken up
Through the early-adoption program: one machine, on a real project, with the scope fixed in writing before work starts. See how it starts.
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